ABSTRACT
In the era of globalization, international enterprises and joint ventures have proven to be capable of working together across the borders. In technology, a common language has been found. In the twenty-first century the Tower of Babel symbolizes something new-a common humanistic ideal for all the different peoples in the globalized world. Within Europe, our own recent experience has been with the re-inclusion of countries from the formerly socialist bloc within the sphere of shared European views of human rights (under the European Convention on Human Rights; joining which may be a practical adjunct to European Union membership, or simply an expression of shared beliefs). But one should not dismiss the practical challenges of harmonizing legal cultures under a regional human rights system even within Europe, even where we think we are “rediscovering” commonality after an extended separation.
